Marine General: some Marines could become "indifferent to the loss of life

bigtree

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Thu May-25-06 12:09 PM
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Marine General: some Marines could become "indifferent to the loss of life

5/25/2006 - AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Marine general said Thursday that he feared, based on two recent cases of alleged killings of civilians in Iraq, that some Marines could become "indifferent to the loss of a human life." His office announced that he was enroute to Iraq to reinforce the Corps' standards of behavior in combat.

http://ksdk.com/news/world/us_world_article.aspx?storyid=97533

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SunDrop23

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Thu May-25-06 12:10 PM
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1. Indifference is one of the pillars of what his face's administration.

Starts at the top and flows down hill.

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sarge43

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Thu May-25-06 12:21 PM
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2. Of course sir, they can become indifferent.

:wtf:

How can they not? It's either suppress or explode. WTF do you think post stress syndrome comes from?

:mad:

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Radical Activist

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Thu May-25-06 12:22 PM
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3. Its called a war.

Edited on Thu May-25-06 12:22 PM by Radical Activist

That's what happens when you wage a war, genius.

In other news, some Iraqis don't like getting shot at. What a surprise!

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sarge43

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Thu May-25-06 12:45 PM
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5. Film at eleven

In war, people get killed and hurt and things get broken. You miss that one that during Naval War College, sir?

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Virginia Dare

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Thu May-25-06 12:34 PM
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4. Well, yeah...

when it's your job to kill people for living, and people are trying to kill you every day, that could tend to happen...mind like a steal trap that one.

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orwell

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Thu May-25-06 01:13 PM
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6. And...

...water is wet!

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I_Will

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Thu May-25-06 01:36 PM
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7. ...and, as a paranoic, "tin foil hat"-wearing individual might say...

this is exactly why we have so many NG troops (versus "regular" armed services) over there for so long, under such (intentionally?) miserable conditions: to get them fully desensitized to civilian/urban/"non-uniformed enemies" battle zones before bringing them home to quell any uprisings or discontent here.

I'm just sayin' that's what I, um, I mean, such a person, might have been thinking for some time now (wry grin)

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Lars39

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Thu May-25-06 01:43 PM
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8. Rest assured...you're not the first one to post that idea.

Welcome to DU, I_Will. :toast:

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